A Park Slope movie theater is hoping to pack the house with a blockbuster coming attraction: booze.

Cinema owners Peter and Ben Kafash are seeking an alcohol permit that allows movie-goers to sip mixed drinks, beer, and wine at the Pavilion Theater.

“It’s like watching a movie in the comfort of your own home,” said Christine Smitz, a spokeswoman for the cinema. “It’s a trendy new thing to keep the movie-going experience modern.”

Smitz said the movie house plans to sell drinks — including suds from local breweries and simple cocktails with rum, tequila, vodka, and whiskey — between 5 pm and 11 pm as “a date-night kind of thing” at the theater on Prospect Park West and 14th Street.

Under the plan, movie-goers will be able to grab a drink from a concession stand and hang out in a soon-to-be renovated lounge area — or pair a cold one with popcorn and head into the theater, she said.

Reasonable discourse

Not Goish from Prospect Heights says:

What foods DO go with bedbugs?

Aug. 27, 2012, 6:07 pm

Beatriz from Park Slope says:

Great idea!!! Back home there is a movie theatre that serves beer, wine, and food aside from normal movie snacks (salads, sushi, sandwiches). It has worked really great. This theatre does have seats that The Pavillion lacks, which are comfortable reclining seats with small tables (like college conferencence folding tables that are attached to the seat). Hope the remodeling and new perspective works!! I'm there!

Aug. 27, 2012, 6:27 pm

old time brooklyn from slope says:

THe owners have a good track record of running theatres into the ground and not using unions - see what they did in Monroe NY

Aug. 27, 2012, 7:42 pm

BunnynSunny from The Hill says:

This could be a great Gay Bar.

Aug. 27, 2012, 8:37 pm

Tony from PS says:

This place is a mismanaged dump.

Aug. 27, 2012, 10:32 pm

Scott from Park Slope says:

I always loved Brew 'n View at the Vic in Chicago. They only ran B movies but they served pizza and beer in pitchers and it was a great way to spend a Friday night. I wish them much success!

Aug. 27, 2012, 11:18 pm

Eager for Beaver from Cobble Hill says:

Nitehawk is a great place to see a movie. Would love to see something similar that is closer to home.

Aug. 27, 2012, 11:37 pm

park slope res from park slope says:

I'd like to see the Cinema try to at least compete with Night Hawk on pricing:

charge $12 per ticket, but give the average person a break on a beer. There's no reason to buy more than 1 beer if its $7-10 dollars, especially bottled.

My suggestion is price drafts in the $5-7 range, and make it accessible for the average movie goer to purchase a beer. It costs you $2, per glass so don't try to rape customers on the profit margins.

Aug. 28, 2012, 8:23 pm

chris from park slope says:

Maybe they should worry about how the place looks then getting us drunk so we don't care how it looks lol. That place really needs to be renovated from the seats to the bathroom.. nasty all around.

Aug. 29, 2012, 2:52 pm

chris from park slope says:

Maybe they should worry about how the place looks then getting us drunk so we don't care how it looks lol. That place really needs to be renovated from the seats to the bathroom.. nasty all around.

Aug. 29, 2012, 2:52 pm

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